Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:40:39 -0500
Reply-To: Ben Cichowski <aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Ben Cichowski <aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
In-Reply-To: <47FE5D1C.8000702@gmail.com>
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>>...and I mounted a 6-dick changer overhead...<<
Mike...even though this sounds practical for some occasions....I'm totally not going to ever ride in your van...
;)
-Ben
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:31:56 -0700
> From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> Very cool. Now the question is: how close is the "eject faceplate"
> button to the ones I am more likely to be using?
>
> I've stopped using optical media. Though my present "radio" plays MP3
> and CD from its front panel slot-o-rama, and I mounted a 6-dick changer
> overhead, these days I just jack in the iPod.
> --
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
> On 4/10/2008 9:47 AM Mike S wrote:
>
> > At 11:57 AM 4/10/2008, Mike Elliott wrote...
> >> What I'd really like is a radio with a volume knob, a tuner knob, five
> >> programmable push buttons (those of you who drove cars in the 50's or
> >> 60's
> >> see what I'm getting at) for my fave-o-rite stations, an iPod bay w/
> >> remote, and that darn remote needs to have a power off button to shut the
> >> stupid radio off once I'm in bed.
> >
> > Check out the Panasonic CQ-C5303U I mentioned earlier. Volume knob?
> > Check (also a handy mute button nearby, programmable to either attenuate
> > or mute). Power off w/remote? Check (you can even toggle the "off"
> > display between completely off and clock display from the remote).
> > Station presets? Check (6 per band; 3 FM, 1 AM, even has an Automatic
> > Programming button - hold and it will program the 6 presets to the
> > strongest received stations in the current band, handy when travelling).
> >
> > Doesn't have a knob for station tuning, but the buttons are in a
> > knob-like arrangement so they're easy to locate (look at a picture and
> > you'll understand), left/right for tune down/up, press to step, hold to
> > seek.
> >
> > The CD player will handle CD-RW discs, and MP3 files. The faceplate is
> > removable, if you need that. Has an aux line-in (RCA jacks), separate
> > from the iPod input. 3 band parametric equalizer with 6 programmable
> > presets. Dimmable display
> >
> > It will display track number/time/artist/title/album (toggle between
> > them) when playing the iPod.
> >
> > You can also turn off all the moving, distracting graphics that so many
> > decks seem to have these days (the kids apparently like bling). The
> > glitz it does have gives you a choice between different spectrum
> > analyzer displays, which at least do something ostensibly useful.
> >
> > You can even hook up an expansion unit (which costs more than the deck
> > itself!), and then a Bluetooth adapter to that, and have handsfree for
> > your cell phone. The same also allows the addition of Sirius/XM tuners.
> >
> > The manual can be downloaded here:
> > http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/CQC5403U.PDF
> >
> >
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